田園生活は都会生活よりいくつかの点で優れている、と私は思う。

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English Translation

I think country life is superior to city life in some respects.

Furigana

田園(でんえん)生活(せいかつ)は都会(とかい)生活(せいかつ)よりいくつかの点(てん)で優(すぐ)れている、と私(わたし)は思(おも)う。

Romanji

Den'en seikatsu wa tokai seikatsu yori ikutsu ka no ten de sugureteiru, to watashi wa omou.

Words

田園 (でんえん、でんおん)

country; rural districts; cultivated land; fields

生活 (せいかつ)

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

都会 (とかい)

city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

幾つ (いくつ)

how many?; how old?

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

点 (てん)

spot; mark; point; dot; mark (e.g. in exam); score; points; comma; aspect; matter; respect; counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

優れる (すぐれる)

to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember